From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon Nov 8 14:35:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from feral.com (feral.com [192.67.166.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A23F14BE4 for ; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:35:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mjacob@feral.com) Received: from semuta.feral.com (semuta [192.67.166.70]) by feral.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA07232; Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:35:44 -0800 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 14:35:44 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Jacob Reply-To: mjacob@feral.com To: "Michael S. Fischer" Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble with QLogic 2200 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org (trimmed to just -scsi). On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Michael S. Fischer wrote: > Hi there, > > We're attempting to do some tests for a potential rollout of a new > service, and we really want to use FreeBSD with FC-AL storage. We checked > the hardware compatibility lists, and decided to go with a QLogic QLC-2200 > PCI Fibre Channel controller. The card has been installed, and the BIOS > works just fine. However, when we attempt to boot from the 3.3-RELEASE > CD, the kernel recognizes the card during the device probe, but hangs with > the following message: > > ... > Waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle > isp0: Firmware State Config Wait -> Loss Of Sync This means that a good loop is not being made. Unfortunately there isn't a good fix for this yet in the driver. I need to do some work to make the wait period much shorter for the initial probe so that an unconnected card doesn't hang you. This is tricky because you don't want to invalidate devices you've attached just because somebody has kicked the cable loose. > Is my only choice here to boot with some sort of Fibre Channel disk > attached? Ours have not arrived yet, so I can't test whether or not the > kernel will finish loading if the card is connected to a loop. Try disabling the card from either the boot prompt or loader.conf, i.e. in loader.conf: isp_disable=1 or from the boot prompt set isp_disable=1 I am very eager to hear about additional FC-AL experiences you will have. -matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message